Mango Dressing | Oil-Free and Vegan

This sweet and spicy Mango Dressing is oil free and vegan. Mango gives it natural sweetness while the hint of cayenne gives it a spicy kick. Drizzle on salads, fruit, steamed vegetables, or sandwiches. It’s a 5 ingredient 5 minute dressing.

If you’ve been following along with me this week you know that I’ve got a load of mangoes to work through. I’ve made a mango cucumber salad, a mango banana smoothie, and now I bring to you a sweet and spicy mango dressing.

I used this dressing on a salad of baby spinach topped with blueberries, strawberries, orange peppers, and diced avocado. It was the perfect accompaniment.

This dressing works well with fruit salads, and greens. But it also pairs nicely when drizzled on steamed broccoli.

When you’re vegan you don’t melt butter on your veggies, and to be honest, they can be a bit on the bland side without a little dressing or sauce of some kind.

This dressing is extra special because it doesn’t have any added oil making it a whole food plant-based dressing you can enjoy without the guilt.

What I like about this dressing is that it’s a combination of sweet and spicy. The creamy sweet mango cools the spice of the cayenne, while the cayenne balances out the sweetness of the mango.

While I enjoyed this dressing on my salad for lunch, I enjoyed it again at dinner on top of a bowl of steamed rice, black beans and vegetables.

Wherever you need a little extra flavor, this dressing steps in to do the job.

Why You’ll Love this Sweet and Spicy Mango Dressing…

• Sweet and Spicy
• Natural Ingredients
• Oil-Free
• Low calorie
• Gluten-Free
• Vegan and Dairy-Free
• 5 ingredients
• 5 minutes
• Pairs well with salads, steamed veggies, and more!

Ingredients You’ll Need

Here’s a list of the ingredients you’ll need to gather to make this dressing. Measurements are below in the printable recipe card so that you can recreate this dressing in your kitchen with ease.

• Mango
• Lime Juice
• Vegetable Stock or Water
• Salt
• Cayenne

Tools You’ll Need

These are the tools you’ll need to pull out to recreate this dressing with ease.

• High speed blender or Food Processor
• Citrus juicer

I have both a high speed blender and a food processor, and I prefer to make this dressing using my food processor. However, if you have one but not the other use what you have.

How to Make Sweet and Spicy Mango Dressing – Step by Step

Step 1: Peel and slice mango. Squeeze the juice of one lime.

Step 2: Combine 1 cup of cubed mango, juice of lime, cayenne, salt and water or vegetable stock in the food processor. Process until all chunks of mango have been combined and you reach a smooth consistency.

What you’ll need to make the berry salad that goes with this mango dressing…

Here’s what you’ll need to make the berry salad that I drizzled this dressing over.

• 2 cups spinach
• 3-4 strawberries sliced
• ¼ cup blueberries
• ½ avocado diced
• ¼ cup of orange pepper diced

Place the spinach on the bottom of the bowl. Top with strawberries, blueberries, avocado, and orange pepper. Drizzle dressing over top.

Variations

No Vegetable Stock-Use water as a substitute. Vegetable stock gives a bit more flavor and has added salt. If you use water you may choose to add a touch more salt.

No Lime Juice-Use lemon juice if you don’t have a lime. I prefer the taste of the lime juice with mango. Use fresh lime or lemon juice whenever possible.

Don’t Like Spicy-Leave out the cayenne and add fresh ground black pepper, or leave pepper out completely.

Like Extra Spicy-Add some red pepper flakes for added spice.

More Herbs-If you like the addition of herbs you can add a few mint or basil leaves for added flavor. Mint is cooling, and basil is lemony and peppery.

How do you store and keep this dressing?

Store in an air tight container with a lid in the refrigerator. I like to use a small mason jar.

This dressing will keep for up to 7 days. I label the mason jar with the date so I don’t forget how long it’s been in the refrigerator.

Top Tips for Making the Perfect Sweet and Spicy Mango Dressing

• Use fresh mango not frozen
• Be sure the mango is ripe before peeling and dicing
• Use one cup of chopped mango
• Add more or less cayenne depending on your spice preference. Cayenne is very strong so a little goes a long way.
• If you like extra spice add some red pepper flakes.
• Add some herbs for added flavor. I suggest mint or basil
• Use a food processor to blend your dressing. It is the easiest tool to use, as a blender sometimes needs more liquid to get the blades to completely liquify and combine ingredients.

How do you cut and dice a mango?

Step 1: A mango will have a pointy end, and a flat end. Put the mango’s flat end down on your cutting board.

Step 2: Slice mango along all four sides moving your knife slightly away if you hit the pit. You’ll have two large pieces and two smaller pieces.

Step 3: Cut the fleshy halves of the mango diagonally along the flesh. Don’t cut all the way through to the skin. Then cut the other direction to create a cross pattern that creates cubes.

Step 4: Pop the mango flesh so that the squares pop out. Trim the squares off the skin. Continue the same steps for the other pieces of the mango.

Check out these other dressing and sauce recipes!

• Vegan Tahini Dressing
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